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Etymology

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From Middle English fornicatour, from Medieval Latin fornicātor.

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fornicator (plural fornicators)

  1. An unmarried person who engages in sexual intercourse, especially when considered to be of an illicit or illegal nature.
    Coordinate term: adulterer
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, [] (King James Version), London: [] Robert Barker, [], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 6:9–10, column 1:
      Know yee not that the vnrighteous ſhall not inherite the kingdome of God? Be not deceiued: neither fornicatours, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abuſers of themſelues with mankinde, Nor theeues, nor couetous, nor drunkards, nor reuilers, nor extortioners, ſhall inherit the kingdom of God.
    • 1917, Maulana Muhammad Ali (translator), Qu’ran 24:2
      (As for) the fornicatress and the fornicator, flog each of them, (giving) a hundred stripes, and let not pity for them detain you in the matter of obedience to Allah, if you believe in Allah and the last day, and let a party of believers witness their chastisement.

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Latin

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Etymology

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From fornicor (to fornicate) +‎ -tor.[1]

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Noun

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fornicātor m (genitive fornicātōris, feminine fornicātrīx); third declension

  1. fornicator (male)

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fornicātor fornicātōrēs
Genitive fornicātōris fornicātōrum
Dative fornicātōrī fornicātōribus
Accusative fornicātōrem fornicātōrēs
Ablative fornicātōre fornicātōribus
Vocative fornicātor fornicātōrēs

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Descendants

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  • French: fornicateur
  • Italian: fornicatore
  • Spanish: fornicador

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  1. ^ “fornicare” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN